(a) Reduced parking requirements. Upon written application, the Planning and Zoning Officer may reduce the parking requirements of this subtitle if the applicant demonstrates that the facility to be served would not require in its day-to-day operation a full complement of parking. The application shall be accompanied by a parking needs study that includes an estimate of the parking needs for the use, a thorough explanation of the basis for the estimate, any data used in calculating the estimate, including parking generation studies and previous experience with similar uses, and an explanation of any other relevant considerations, such as availability of commercial or public parking areas.
(b) Joint use parking. The Planning and Zoning Officer may allow joint use parking arrangements if the applicants enter into a written agreement acceptable to the County. Joint use arrangements may be authorized for a multiple-use facility when parking is provided at a common onsite facility that has the number of spaces required for each individual use. Joint use of the same parking spaces may be used to meet the parking and loading requirements if:
(1) the uses operate at different times with no overlap and the parking spaces provided are the number required for the greater generator; or
(2) the uses operate during overlapping time periods and the parking spaces provided are 100% of the number required for the greater generator plus 50% of the number required for the secondary generator; and
(3) vehicular and pedestrian access is provided within the development, separately from roads and freeways.
(c) Reduced parking requirements – Workforce housing.
(1) For workforce housing, the parking requirements of this subtitle shall be reduced by 10% if the workforce housing is located within one-quarter mile of a high-frequency transit stop.
(2) If workforce housing contains secured covered bicycle storage, the parking requirements of this subtitle shall be reduced by an amount not to exceed:
(i) 1 space for every eight bicycle locking positions; or
(ii) 10% of the total parking required.
(Bill No. 4-05; Bill No. 83-23)